City Commission - Regular Meeting

Good morning. The Dayton City Commission meeting will now come to order. Would you all please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. This morning, the invocation will be given by Commissioner Fairchild.

Oh, gracious one, you are like a shelter in a storm. In this season of school openings, particularly this day as Dayton Public School begins classes, We ask that you inspire us and guide us to create a community, a city, where we are a shelter for all our young people. Lead us in decision making so that we protect them, watch over them, and create a space for them to grow and thrive. We ask all these things in your precious name. Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. Jackson, may we please have a roll call? Yes, Mayor.

May I have a motion to excuse the absence of Commissioner Joseph? It has been properly moved and seconded to excuse the absence of Commissioner Joseph. All in favor say aye. All opposed say no. May I have a motion to approve the minutes of the August 5th, 2026 meeting?

It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the August 5th, 2026 meeting. All in favor say aye. All opposed say no. Any abstentions? Ms. Jackson, are there any communications or petitions this morning? There are none, Your Honor. Thank you. Ms. Jackson, are there any additions, deletions, or comments to the calendar this morning? No, Your Honor. Thank you, Ms. Jackson. Ms. Dickstein, are there any additions, deletions, or comments to the calendar this morning?

Thank you. Ms. Dickstein. Ms. Jackson, are there any citizens that are registered to speak on calendar items this morning?

Thank you, Mr. Stark. Mayor, that is all. Thank you, Ms. Jackson. Commissioners, are there any comments to the city manager's recommendations this morning? Commissioner Beckham.

Thank you, Your Honor. Yeah, I just want to congratulate our sustainability office and law department for the work on the AES settlement. I think our residents were well represented and will receive some benefits and additional protections due to this settlement. So I just want to congratulate the organization on that. Of course, as we see electric rates rising, this is a very important item that we'll be approving today. So thank you all. Those are all my comments.

Thank you, Commissioner Beckham. Commissioner Fairchild.

Yeah, just wanted to echo what Commissioner Beckham said about the Sustainability Office and appreciate their work in that space.

Thank you. I, too, would like to echo the comments of my colleagues in regards of the work of our Law Department and Sustainability Office. Ms. Dixie, could you please call Ms. Maloney to the podium? just so she can really do a very high level and the impact and what this will, the settlement and how it will in fact provide additional resources and services to speak to what the work that has been done thus far. Especially as it relates to the Dayton Home Energy Network and that work around that piece. Also the cap as you mentioned towards the data centers. Even though we have in fact passed a

Thank you very much. And could you speak to some of the data and the impact that we, with the Dayton Home Repair Network, we had a total of 900. And if you want to talk about those families and individuals who have been able to benefit from this settlement.

And this is also in partnership with the income tax levy that was passed, the additional bucket for housing and the work that's being complemented with the home program with, or Pathways to Home with Montgomery County Land Bank, right?

And it has also been extended. I think, what was it, just last week, two weeks ago, it has been extended to landlords for apartment units, whatever.

Thank you and last question just a point of reference for more information it is in fact on the city's website and whether other outlets are or is the information available.

Okay, thank you. And kudos to you and your small but mighty team. And I will note too that Dayton was, correct me if I'm wrong, we were one of the only municipalities that were able to negotiate to reduce the actual percentage fee that was potentially going to be applied to homeowners.

Congratulations. Thank you. Ms. Dixing, if you could, could you provide an update to the NCA in terms of the timeline and where we are in the process itself? Sure.

Okay, and then have all of the questions been I know that they've been put on the they've been put on the city site. I've seen the link to the presentation and all of the questions. Thank you. Yeah. All right. Thank you. I appreciate the update. All right. May I have a motion to approve the city manager's recommendation?

So moved, Your Honor. I'll second the motion, Your Honor.

It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the city manager's recommendations. All in favor, say aye. All opposed, say no. Any abstentions? Legislation, Ms. Jackson?

Thank you, Ms. Jackson. I will now open the public hearing. Ms. Dixie, please proceed.

And finally, the third standard says, hey, what's changed to require this?

Just if you wouldn't mind, very quickly, Mr. Kroger, from my understanding, we do have a work session this morning immediately following the commission meeting in which our housing division will, in fact, lay out and present some of the more details about the civil penalties moving from criminal to civil. Is that correct?

Commissioners, do you have any questions? Commissioner Beckham?

Thank you, Your Honor. No questions. Just thank you for your work on this, Mr. Kroger.

No, thank you on the work. It continues to build on the work we want to do to address the concerns in our neighborhood. So thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Fairchild. Thank you. same thank you thank you I appreciate it thank you very much and please extend our gratitude and appreciation to the entire team will do thanks so much all right miss Jackson are there any citizens that are registered to speak on the public hearing this morning no your honor all right Commissioners, no comments. I will now close the public hearing. What is the pleasure of the commission? Move forward. Move forward. Legislation, Ms. Jackson?

Thank you miss Jackson and we have board appointments this morning.

Yes. I move to reappoint Nicole Miller and Marlin Aldrich to the HRC Board for a term ending August 31st, 2029. Second the motion, Your Honor.

It has been properly moved and seconded to reappoint Nicole Miller and Marlin Aldrich to the Human Relations Council Board for a term ending August 31st, 2029. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Commissioner?

Mayor, I move to appoint Cameron Anderson and Sabrina Chump to the Human Relations Council Board for term ending August 31st, 2029. I second the motion.

It has been properly moved and seconded to appoint Cameron Anderson and Sabrina Chump to the Human Relations Council Board for term ending August 31st, 2029. All in favor say aye. All opposed say no. Ms. Jackson, are there any citizens that are registered to speak? Thank you.

Mr. Starks, make sure you speak into the mic so we all can hear you.

Thank you, Mr. Stark. Mayor. Thank you, Ms. Jackson. Ms. Dickstein, do you have any closing comments this morning?

Thank you, Ms. Dixing, and congratulations to the entire organization. Commissioners, do you have any closing comments this morning? Commissioner Beckham?

Thank you, your honor. Yes, couple brief comments. First, I just want to congratulate Daybreak. They have received a $270,000 community impact grant from Lowe's. There will be a press conference tomorrow morning. Look forward to joining that. This is part of their $1 million renovation to expand their campus which will be the first time that they're doing so decades so congratulations to daybreak and their leadership they serve a very i think critical gap in our city serving homeless young people so i look forward to joining them and want to congratulate them on this this award towards their o

Thank you, man Thank You Commissioner Beckham Commissioner Fairchild

yes um a couple events coming up um the um this saturday and sunday is the dayton african-american cultural festival both saturday and sunday i believe at island park as it has been in the last couple of years i encourage people to come out it's a great opportunity to build community to be educated on a variety of issues around African American culture, to stand with the African American elders, to enjoy good food, music, and, you know, it's just a joyous time. And so I invite people to come out and be a part of that. also want to get on your schedule the following saturday is porch fest and i

Commissioner Fairchild. I have a couple of brief comments and I know we have a work session this morning. So I would like to thank all of the residents. Thank you, Ms. Maloney, for her comments and for providing us an update as well as Mr. Kroger in the update in reference to the public hearing. And the commercial Properties that we're looking at incorrectly if I'm wrong that I do believe that this will also have impact this will also Impact some of the concerns that we're seeing with more of our our larger residential apartment units some of those more egregious Landlords or investors that we

Thank you, Ms. Lofton. Correct me if I'm wrong. This information too is on the dashboard. If we go, if individuals want to visit the city's website under a management and budget, there's a dashboard there and it has all of the various different financial quarterly reports, all of that information. Could you speak to a little bit about that?

Thank you. Last question. There is a report that we receive annually and that report speaks to the return on investment, if you will. The number of jobs, the potential earnings from the jobs that are created from the income tax. Could you speak to that a little bit in terms of like the time frame in which we generally receive that report and if that information is noted on the site as well?

Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Just a couple more comments. Thank you, Mr. Johnson, for your comments as it relates to the NCA. And note, as mentioned, it's been about six weeks now. We've had some conversation. There are the questions are in fact on the city's website on the actually as soon as you go to the city's website You will see a link that says NCA presentation and it lays out the questions as well as the presentation again as noted the resolution I'll be bringing that before it has to go through the law department first and I'm hopeful that the law department is we'll be abl